Well,
It is early to call this a summary, but I am learning that the more I learn
the more I get confused...
See f you can follow this:
I have attached a pdf to substantiate the following claims...
I decided to play with shrinkwrap a bit to see it if could help me. I
learned that shrinkwrap does not do a great job at retaining the original
geometry. When you launch shrinkwrap, creo prompts you to "select or open"
an object to wrap. I was unable to select the onscreen geometry for some
reason, so I did something that either resulted in a total fluke, or I just
cannot remember exactly what I did. I am not able to reproduce it...
The more I try, the more lost I feel. I cannot figure out what happened.
But, my 700Mb part file that consists of an imported neutral file was
somehow saved as an 8 Mb file. That will go into my assembly and live there
for sure. But I want to know how I did it so I can do it to the other
parts...
BTW - there are several responses coming in that I will summarize. I just
wanted to share this crazy event that looks like a gold mine if I can repeat
it.
-Nate